Birds of the World

    PICIFORMES: Ramphastidae (Toucans)  
Genus: Pteroglossus (14 species)


Black-necked Aracari
Black-necked Aracari (Pteroglossus aracari)
Range: SA: ne, e
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Ivory-billed Aracari
Ivory-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus azara)
Range: SA: nw Amazonia
Zoo, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Comes in two forms, one with a mostly yellow bill, and one with an ivory-colored bill with brown on the upper mandible (HBW). Found north of the Amazon river. The more southern Brown-mandibled Aracari has now been split out.

Saffron Toucanet
Saffron Toucanet (Pteroglossus bailloni) Near Threatened
Range: SA: se Brazil, e Paraguay and ne Argentina
Parque das Aves, Foz do Iguazu, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Curl-crested Aracari
Curl-crested Aracari (Pteroglossus beauharnaisii)
Range: SA: w Amazonia
 
   
Photograph by Lonnie Huffman     Copyright and usage info


Red-necked Aracari
Red-necked Aracari (Pteroglossus bitorquatus) Male Endangered
Range: SA: s Amazonia
Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Chestnut-eared Aracari
Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis castanotis)
Range: SA: w Amazonia to se Brazil
Las Unamas Natural Reserve, San Martin, Meta, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Pale-mandibled Aracari
Pale-mandibled Aracari (Pteroglossus erythropygius)
Range: SA: w Ecuador
Los Bancos, Ecuador
  Similar to the widespread Collared Aracari, but note bill differences.
   
Photograph by Sue Bishop   Copyrighted, all rights reserved.


Fiery-billed Aracari
Fiery-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus frantzii)
Range: MA: Costa Rica and Panama
Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Lettered Aracari
Lettered Aracari (Pteroglossus inscriptus inscriptus)
Range: SA: w, s Amazonia
Bolivia
  The inscriptus subspecies has a light-colored lower mandible, and is found in the eastern Amazon and north Bolivia.
   
Photograph by Graham Ekins   © All Rights Reserved.

Lettered Aracari
Lettered Aracari (Pteroglossus inscriptus humboldti) Male
Range: SA: w, s Amazonia
Villavicencio, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

This species has two forms, sometimes considered different species. Humboldt's Aracari, found in the Andean foothills from Colombia to Bolivia as well as the western Amazon basin, has an all black lower mandible.

Brown-mandibled Aracari
Brown-mandibled Aracari (Pteroglossus mariae)
Range: SA: sw Amazonia
Beruri, Amazonas, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info

Split from the Ivory-billed Aracari and found south of the Amazon river. Note brown lower mandible.

Many-banded Aracari
Many-banded Aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus)
Range: SA: nw Amazonia
Sani Lodge, Sucumbíos, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Stripe-billed Aracari
Stripe-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus sanguineus)
Range: SA: w Colombia and nw Ecuador
Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Split from the Collared Aracari. Note dark upper mandible.
From side showing coloration similar to [Collared Aracari].

Collared Aracari
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus nuchalis)
Range: MA, SA: Mexico to Venezuela
Rio Claro Canyon Reserve, Doradal, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Aracaris are small red, yellow and black toucans. The Collared Aracari has the widest distribution of aracaris in Central America and north South America.

Green Aracari
Green Aracari (Pteroglossus viridis) Male
Range: SA: ne Amazonia
  The back is black with a greenish hue.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Green Aracari
Green Aracari (Pteroglossus viridis) Female
Range: SA: ne Amazonia
 
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.



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